lickety-split
英 ['likəti'split]
美
- adv. 极快地；全速地
中文词源
lickety-split 立即
lickety,舔，俚语义舔一下的时间，快速，split,劈开。比较汉语刹那。
英文词源
- lickety-split (adj.)
- 1852, American English (earlier lickety-cut, lickety-click, and simply licketie, 1817), from lick (n.1) in dialectal sense "very fast sprint in a race" (1809) on the notion of a "lick" as a fast thing (compare blink).
双语例句
- 1. The trucks sang " lickety - lick , lickety - lick " as the train ran through the factory district.
- 列车经过工厂区时,卡车发出咔嗒 、 咔 嗒的有节奏的声音.
来自辞典例句